Adoria Symmetry

What Adoria Symmetry does

Adoria Symmetry is a Barcelona-based SaaS and consulting company founded in 2023 as a specialized unit within Adoria Consulting, focused exclusively on Spanish labor equality compliance. The company delivers the full regulatory documentation stack required under RD 901/2020 and RD 902/2020 — Equality Plans (Plan de Igualdad), Salary Registers (Registro Salarial), Pay Audits (Auditoría Retributiva), and Job Evaluations (Valoración de Puestos de Trabajo) — and has extended into adjacent compliance with a Whistleblowing Channel platform for Law 2/2023. Its proprietary platform implements the Spanish Ministry of Equality's official 33-factor job evaluation methodology, features an intelligent data import engine that normalizes heterogeneous payroll data to FTE, and maintains forensic timestamped audit trails designed to withstand labor inspection and legal challenge.

The technology stack integrates natively with major Spanish payroll and HR systems including a3innuva Nómina (Wolters Kluwer), Sage Despachos, FactorialHR, Meta4 (Cegid), and SAP Success Factors via a REST API for bidirectional synchronization. Adoria layers AI-style capabilities — process automation, anomaly detection at the 5% EU Directive threshold, predictive gap analytics, and regression-based justification generation — onto this structured-data core. The company is led by three managing partners (Glòria Gelada Alfonso, Francesc Vallès, Gerard Pagès) combining HR and labor-law expertise with data analytics.

Commercially, Adoria Symmetry operates a channel-first go-to-market: SaaS licenses and white-label back-office services are sold to Spanish professional offices (despachos profesionales, asesorías, gestorías laboralistas), who in turn deliver equality compliance services to their end-client companies. Named partner and end-client logos span enterprise (CaixaBank, Toyota, H&M, Grant Thornton, Sagardoy, BIC) and mid-market (La Firma, Faura Casas, Hesperia, Kalise, Logisfashion). Revenue is generated through annual subscription licensing per analysis period, full-service consulting engagements, and modular technical outsourcing for partners. The company is privately held and bootstrapped within the Adoria group, with no external institutional capital identified.

Name

Adoria Symmetry

Legal name

Adoria Symmetry

Website

https://adoria-symmetry.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Adoria Symmetry is a Barcelona-based SaaS and consulting firm, founded in 2023 within the Adoria group, providing software-enabled Spanish labor equality compliance — Equality Plans, Salary Registers, Pay Audits, and Job Evaluations — primarily through a partner channel of professional offices and asesorías, with an expanding product set that includes a Whistleblowing Channel platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pay Equity Compliance Software

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Marketing Consulting Services (541613), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAAADAH

Channel/Partner Sales Support (Reseller Enablement, Deal Reg)

Business & Public Services/Administrative & Support Services (BPO, Call Centers, Back Office)/Telemarketing, Telesales & Lead Generation

Keywords

• Pay equity compliance
• Equality plan software
• Salary audit platform
• Job evaluation system
• HR compliance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Licensing: Subscription-based licensing of the Adoria Symmetry platform, contracted per analysis period (ejercicio a analizar). Includes platform access, initial training, and ongoing technical support. Available as white-label for partners wishing to offer services under their own brand.
2. Full-Service Consulting: Complete equality plan documentation services delivered by Adoria Symmetry's specialized consultants. Includes Salary Register, Pay Audit, Job Evaluation, Equality Surveys, and Action Plans. Targets companies directly or serves as technical back-office for partner firms.
3. Modular Technical Outsourcing: Flexible technical outsourcing where partners (despachos/asesorías) handle negotiation and client relationships while Adoria Symmetry performs calculations and documentation with defensible traceability. Back-office technical support invisible to end clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Adoria Symmetry combines proprietary SaaS technology with specialized consulting to deliver Spanish labor equality compliance documentation. Its offerings include Salary Registers (Registro Salarial), Pay Audits (Auditoría Retributiva), Job Evaluations (Valoración de Puestos), full Equality Plans (Plan de Igualdad) under RD 901/2020 and RD 902/2020, and a Whistleblowing Channel platform under Law 2/2023. The company serves Spanish professional offices (despachos, asesorías, gestorías) via a white-label channel partner model, and serves end-client companies directly through full-service consulting engagements.

Product overview

Adoria Symmetry operates as a unified SaaS platform combined with specialized consulting services for Spanish labor equality compliance. The core platform (Adoria Symmetry) provides proprietary technology for mass data processing, job evaluation, and compensation analysis, while complementary services include Equality Plan documentation, Salary Records (Registro Salarial), Remuneration Audits (Auditoría Retributiva), Job Evaluations (Valoración de Puestos), and Whistleblowing Channels (Canal de Denuncias). The offering integrates SaaS licensing for partners alongside full-service consulting, all designed for professional firms and their end-client companies needing RD 901/2020 and RD 902/2020 compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adoria Symmetry Platform Proprietary SaaS platform providing comprehensive equality plan documentation and analysis, combining specialized consultants with internally developed software for mass data processing. Enables efficient production of Equality Plans, Salary Records, Remuneration Audits, and Job Evaluations with legal guarantees and competitive turnaround times.
• Registro Salarial (Salary Record) Mandatory salary registry documenting all employee compensation broken down by sex and professional groups, including salary base, salary complements, and extra-salary earnings expressed as averages and medians. Required for all companies under Spanish RD 902/2020.
• Auditoría Retributiva (Remuneration Audit) In-depth analysis of pay gap causes required for companies with 50+ employees under RD 902/2020. Includes evaluation of job positions using the Ministry of Equality's 33-factor methodology, complete compensation policy analysis, gap detection and justification, and action plan development.
• Valoración de Puestos de Trabajo (Job Evaluation) Point-based job evaluation system comparing positions based on homogeneous criteria (knowledge, responsibility, effort, and conditions) to assign global value, using 33 factors per Ministry of Equality methodology. Generates position rankings for equal-value grouping and pay gap analysis.
• Plan de Igualdad (Equality Plan) Comprehensive equality plan documentation service covering salary records, remuneration audits, job evaluations, equality surveys, and action measures per RD 901/2020 and RD 902/2020. Includes support for negotiation sessions with the Negotiating Commission and REGCON registration.
• Canal de Denuncias (Whistleblowing Channel) Anonymous reporting platform for compliance with Law 2/2023 (Whistleblowing Directive). Provides customizable, intuitive reporting channels adapted to current regulations with confidentiality and whistleblower anonymity guarantees.
• SaaS License (White-Label for Partners) White-label SaaS solution for specialized consulting firms requiring software for equality plan components. Enables partners to scale equality consulting services without expanding structure, offering digital tools for job evaluation and compensation analysis under the partner's own brand.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces 3-5 hours of manual work per company per month through automated payroll data import and normalization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ASNALA (Asociación Nacional de Laboralistas)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAdoria Symmetry participated as sponsor at the XXV National ASNALA Congress (Laborium 2025) in Seville, October 23-25. ASNALA is Spain's National Association of Labor Law Professionals. The partnership reinforces Adoria's commitment to labor law firms and advisors who trust technology as a lever for efficiency and compliance. The event gathered 400+ labor law professionals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cegid (Meta4): Cegid, which acquired Meta4, is a major European HR and payroll software vendor with deep presence in Spain through Meta4. It serves overlapping payroll/HR customers and competes for the same compliance workflow integrations that Adoria Symmetry targets.
• SD Worx: SD Worx is a major European HR and payroll services provider with presence in multiple EU markets. It bundles payroll with HR compliance services for enterprises and competes for the same multinational compliance mandates as Adoria.
• Personio: Personio is a European HR SaaS leader for SMBs that addresses people operations including time, payroll, and compliance workflows. It competes for the same Spanish HR-tech buyer and is expanding compliance/analytics capabilities relevant to equality plans.
• Sage Despachos: Sage Despachos Connected is a dominant accounting and payroll suite for Spanish professional offices. It overlaps Adoria's primary channel (despachos/asesorías) and could expand its equality compliance offering for the same buyer.
• Wolters Kluwer (a3innuva): Wolters Kluwer's a3innuva Nómina is a leading Spanish payroll platform for despachos profesionales and asesorías. It already integrates with Adoria but could internalize equality compliance, making it both a critical partner and a potential competitor.

Emerging players

• Kenjo: Kenjo is a Spanish-headquartered HR SaaS for SMBs covering time tracking, payroll, document management, and people analytics. It serves a similar HR buyer in Spain and could add equality compliance modules to its suite.
• PayFit: PayFit is a European SMB-focused payroll and HR SaaS expanding across EU markets. It serves a similar HR buyer profile and could add Spanish equality compliance features as the EU Pay Transparency Directive drives demand.
• Ekon: Ekon is a Spanish HR, payroll, and time-management cloud suite for SMBs and mid-market. It serves overlapping Spanish HR buyers and is positioned to expand into equality compliance as part of broader EU-driven regulatory requirements.
• Factorial: FactorialHR is a Barcelona-based HR SaaS platform serving SMBs with payroll, time tracking, and document management. It overlaps on Spanish payroll/HR data infrastructure and could extend into equality compliance features.

Regional players

• Silae: Silae is a leading French payroll and HR SaaS serving payroll providers and HR outsourcing firms, a buyer profile similar to Adoria's despachos and gestorías. It illustrates the European payroll-for-partners model Adoria emulates in Spain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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